Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-23
CAUSE OF DROUTHS.
Rain in the Mountains While the Val
!eys Below are Scorching-EIec-
trlcity Necessary 10 Rainfall.

tTicity Necessary 20 Rainfall.
of Ea rthquakes &c RainfaIl-The
Severity of Earthqu Dependent on
the Quantity of Electricity and Oxygen.
Tne meteoroIogy Of each section Of
country has more Of ? local than gen
eral character, caused BIZ latitude eleva.
ton, proximity to bodies of water, kind
OF soil, growth Of vegetation whether
sparse or Iuxuriant, and the quantity OF
hydrogen gas which the atmosphere con
tains. The growth of vegetation IS
caused by the oxygen OF the water com.
binirg with the carbon OF the soil, form
ne carbonic acid, the hydrogen in the
water being liberated, q portion OF which
unites with the nitrogen in the soil form
ing ammonia; these elements support tie
growth Of vegetation. The unccmbined
by drOgen gas rises TO the upper atmos-
phtre where it converts hea. into cleo
city, the electricity thea coDdensss
yap0r into water causing rain. Vegsta.
ton liberates hydrogen gas, HYDROGEN
gas converts heat into electricity, ana
electricity condenses yaPOr into water
The more heat the more necessity for
hydrogen cas- to convert it into electricity
whic4 czCses the condensation of the
vapor In winter there is less hest il the
vapCT o. cloud, hence there
is less hydrogen gas sud
electricity required to coadense the
v2p0r, and this is GIsO the reason there is
very little thunder in winter. Trees
cause rain by hberating hydrogen gas
and by shading the ground, keeping il
cCCl. Electricity descendS 10 the esrth
il the coolest places The upward radia-
ton Ct heat prevents electricity from de
scendiDg. In winter the raius are more
general than il summer, because the
earth Is uniformly cold Where the
soil Is sand7 and vegetation scarce there
is no hydrogen gas liberated, whic1
cases lack CT electricity that vita the
great radiation Of heat causes drouth in
many localities. Ii rains on Inc mount
sins while the valleys are scorch-
ing with droutb, because
the heat il the valleys prevent
electricity from descending. Ia Ca}iio--
MA dry weather sets in whenever
the land becomes warmer than
the water in the Pacific ocean,
the radiation OF heat from the not earth
and the lack CT hydrogen gas prevents the
condensation OF yapCT into rails I.
rains on the mountains cast and north Of
the dry region, because the sir is cool
which allows electricity 10 descend. IN
summer the FzCihC ocean, being cooler
than the lsnG, electricity descenGs on the
water, but in the fall when
the land becomes cooler than
the wafer ia the ocean, then
electricity 4, sends or the land and be
ISL rains begin. The theory that r.in is
Csuse q By o cloud ,CmiDg in contact with
colder atmosphere is not correct, for id
summer il rains in t5e very hottest
weather and ia winter when It is raining
| il it turds icoid1 tie rain ceases and if / is
very c0ldI. mus. turn warmer before il
viii rain because it takes neat TO make
electricity and takes electricity to con.
/ dense the vspOr into water. l. AWAY!
ceases raining when yer there is not sui
| hCient electricity though the clouds ma
T! be very dense and the atmosphere cold
! Western Texas will be drOuthy as long a:
there is g lack Of trees TO produce hydro
| gen gas and to shade the ground to keeI
il cool and 10 furnish a conductor 70
electricity to reach the earth. When ]
Is hot and dry in one section OF the coun
try there IS q great quantity of hest Tadi
ated from the earth which If carried b.
the wind over another section that has
rank growth OF vegetation the hydrogen
gas VIII convert the heat into eieCt.iCit'
causing cyclones, thunder-stOrms an
earthquakes. Rain diminishes from the
equator to the poles for want of heat an
hydrogen gas. After the earth mas be
come dry and hot in the spring the sec
ton of the country that get
the first good rain is apt to hav
seasCna0le rains afterwards, because tn
increased growth OF vegetation libaT8te
more hydrogen gas and for the reaso
tia more electricity descends to ii
earth where ire ground is wet and cool
but if the wind carries hydrogen gas owe
the dry region me hydrogen Will CONVEX
the neat into electricity which Will pro
duCe rein il there 8re auy clouds. Whe
he wind blows long from the suuth c
east -ain is expected, because 1t bring
neat and hydrogen gas. But when
! blows from the west OrnOrth dry weath5
is expected, for west and north WING
have less heat and very little hydrogen
CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES.
One Of the principal causes Of earti
> Quakes is TO be found in the diferenC
Detween the angle OF the earth's annue
and diurnal revolution. TIE earth
dfurnal rotation forms an angle Of % dc;
80 min. with its annual revolution. Tn
gives the earth two centers Of motion
The equstor is the center of the earth
Gi4rnSl rotation while g point in the Ar
tic running through the earth 70 one
the Antarctic circle forms the axis o. tb
earth's annual revolution. II
earth at the equator throws OF
etaer, generally called magnet
currents which separates, part flowing
!, the south magnetic pole and part fiowir
: to the north magnetic pole, where it Ell
> tiers the earth and goes through the ear
l. back to the equator. Or the westel
coast Of South America, Ct the line of I
variation, where the compass points d.
north, the magnetic current flows fro
fIa eCuafer dino north tGijou an MN